diff --git a/src/util/error.rs b/src/util/error.rs
index 5aafaa2..74fa544 100644
--- a/src/util/error.rs
+++ b/src/util/error.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::error;
+use std::io;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::str::from_utf8_unchecked;
@@ -110,6 +111,12 @@ impl Into<c_int> for Error {
 	}
 }
 
+impl From<Error> for io::Error {
+	fn from(value: Error) -> io::Error {
+		io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, value)
+	}
+}
+
 impl fmt::Display for Error {
 	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> Result<(), fmt::Error> {
 		f.write_str(error::Error::description(self))